18th edition
October 6-15, 2023

News

Canadian Short Film A Crab in the Pool Wins the Animest Trophy
A Crab in the Pool by Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel won the Animest Trophy in the 18th edition of our festival. The grand prize was...
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Animest 2023 awards
Animest Trophy  A Crab in the Pool - Canada, 2023, 11 min 11 s, dir. Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel   Special mentio...
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ANIMEST + Conference: the international animation film industry meets in Bucharest
The 18th edition of the ANIMEST International Animation Film Festival takes place between October 6th and 15th in Bucharest. The section dedicate...
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Animest.18: Haruki Murakami Stories, Dystopian Worlds, and Award-Winning Films
The 18th edition of the Animest International Animation Film Festival is starting in just a few days! From Friday October 6, this year’s coolest...
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The VR Competition at Animest Will Turn You Into an Animated Movie Character
Oh, hey there! You like impactful stories, right? Even better if they’re animated, no? What about if you’re in them?!?  This year&...
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Animest.18 Presents Minimest: Magical Animated Stories for the Entire Family
As a kid gazing up at the cinema screen, it can feel like you’re watching giants inhabiting a magical world, from which you can learn so much ab...
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Acclaimed Japanese Director Keiichi Hara Is Coming to Animest.18
Renowned Japanese director Keiichi Hara will visit Romania for the 18th edition of the Animest International Animation Film Festival (October 6-15). O...
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Animest Is Celebrating Its 18th Edition with a Marathon of Adults-Only Events
The Animest International Animation Film Festival brings something special beyond young audience oriented events, films for the entire family, or indu...
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Exploring Baltic Animation: Latvia, Animest.18 Guest Country
The annual retrospective dedicated to countries with a strong presence on the international map of animated film is already a tradition at Animest. On...
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The National Competition at Animest.18: 90 Minutes of Fresh Romanian Films
Some anchored in our day-to-day reality, others floating in fantastical worlds, all increasingly courageous in their approach to animation styles, the...
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Chicken for Linda!, winner of the Annecy Cristal, opens Animest.18 with a touching story of food, family, and childhood
  Amid Paris paralyzed by a general strike, a charming family story unfolds in Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet!), the opening film of...
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Animest International Competition Reshapes Imagination
  Animest International Competition Reshapes Imagination   This year, we’re redefining creativity, frame by multi-colored frame...
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SYAA, Animest’s Program for Female Animators, Wraps Up Third Edition
A recent highlight for the Animest team was the successful completion of the third edition of the Sisterhood of Young Animation Auteurs (SYAA) intensi...
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Animest.18: October 6-15, Join the Dance!
Animest.18: October 6 to 15, come Join the Dance!   Animest people, dust off your dancing shoes, get ready to meet world-changing animation...
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GoCritic! opens call for Animest Bucharest and announces further workshops
As the first year of the partnership between GoCritic! and Animation Festival Network has wrapped up with a workshop at Fest Anča International Animat...
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ANIMEST+ brings film screenings in Zemeș, Bacău
ANIMEST+ project, developed by the Animest Association, meets the urgent needs of the animation industry in Romania, of young animators, of future aud...
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Open call for SYAA 2023
Animest invites the female illustrators and creators from the animated film community to apply for the 3rd and largest Sisterhood of Young Animation A...
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Animation Festival Network at Clermont-Ferrand 2023
Animation Festival Network – AFN will again attend the Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand 2023! Representatives of the five member festi...
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